Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings mb-code 1619776 View of no 53 Fleet

View of no 53 Fleet Street

The group will wear their heavily studded black and silver costumes with specially sculptured boots

'Scraps from a Highland Sketch-Book'

View of two figures standing near a shop front on Macclesfield Street

London is on the horizon

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings mb-code 1619776 View of no 53 FleetSuffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings, 1909. The Suffragettes found that by chaining themselves to railings they could gain much needed time to deliver their speeches before the police arrested them. The woman on the right is Vera Holme (1881 1969), Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) chauffeur.